The Influence of Henry David Thoreau's Writing on the First and Second Waves of Ecocriticism – Mgr. Jozef Kováčik
Mgr. Jozef Kováčik
Master's thesis
The Influence of Henry David Thoreau's Writing on the First and Second Waves of Ecocriticism
The Influence of Henry David Thoreau's Writing on the First and Second Waves of Ecocriticism
Abstract:
Tato práce se zabývá vlivem života a díla Henry David Thoreaua na vývoj ekokritiky a ukazuje jeho náležitost k její druhé vlně. Toho je dosaženo pomocí nastavení jiné perspektivy na jeho život před experimentem, ze kterého následně vzniklo jeho nejslavnější dílo Walden, pomocí analýzy výstupů z tohoto experimentu ve vztahu k ekokritickým dílům a také pomocí porovnání dvou vln, které se v ekokritice …moreAbstract:
The thesis discusses the influence of Henry David Thoreau’s life and writing on the development of ecocriticism and demonstrates his relevance to ecocriticism’s second wave. This is achieved by taking a different perspective on his life that lead up to his experiment which consequently became his most famous work Walden, analyzing the outcomes of this experiment in relevance to ecocritical writing …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 2. 5. 2011
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/rt9hl/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 13. 6. 2011
- Supervisor: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy
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KOVÁČIK, Jozef. \textit{The Influence of Henry David Thoreau's Writing on the First and Second Waves of Ecocriticism}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2011. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/1ivgwa/.
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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